Senior Assistant Animal Health Officer

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have; –
(i) Served in the grade of Assistant Animal Health Officer (I) for a minimum period of three (3) years;
(ii) Diploma in any of the following disciplines; – Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science, Veterinary Public Health and Meat Technology or Animal Husbandry from a recognised institution;
(iii) Have be registered by the Kenya Veterinary Board;
(iv) Have a certificate in computer applications from a recognised institution and
(v) Have demonstrated merit and shown ability in work performance and results.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail;-

giving advice on dip designing, siting and appraising construction; and inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments; participating in ,management of Veterinary farms;

ensuring maintenance of cold chain facilities; and maintaining quarantine status in quarantine stations and holding grounds; organizing farmers training on milking techniques and external parasite control techniques; carrying out vaccination, closed castration, dehorning, animal identification, deworming, disbudding, docking, debeaking and hoof trimming, carrying out simple treatment of animals, participating in disease search, collecting, collating, analyzing data and writing technical reports; keeping records on animal breeding, animal health, milk production, dipping data, slaughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movements permits, maintaining dairy units, participating in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows, undertaking equipment sterilization, sample collection, packaging and dispatch, inspecting livestock stock routes, rearing experimental animals, issuing of livestock movements permits, undertaking artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading, enforcing slaughterhouse hygiene and meat transport regulations, inspecting retail outlets of foods of animal origin, and participating in construction and maintenance of farm structures.